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ORANGE COUNTY <br />ADVISORY BOARD ON AGING <br /> <br />Minutes <br />November 14, 2007 <br /> <br />PRESENT: Jack Chestnut, Diane Henderson, Alice Gordon, Jerry Kruter, Mariah McPherson, <br />Ellen Ozier-Hayes, Mary Ann Peter, Fred Schroeder, Jan Wassel <br />EXCUSED: Peggy Cohn <br />STAFF: Bob Jones, Kathie Kearns, Jerry Passmore <br /> <br />The meeting was called to order at the Central Orange Senior Center by Chairman Jack Chestnut. <br />He welcomed newly-appointed members Mariah McPherson and Ellen Ozier-Hayes. Jerry <br />Passmore stated that Katina Nichols and Kevin Leibel have also been appointed by the County <br />Commissioners but were unable to attend today’s meeting. <br /> <br />Jerry Passmore reported that the RSVP volunteer recognition luncheon held the previous <br />Thursday was a great success with guest speaker Lee Smith drawing a capacity crowd. <br />Mr. Passmore also reported that the memorial service held on November 11 at the Seymour <br />Center for Florence Soltys was well-attended. Both events will appear on In Praise Of Age <br />programs in the future. Mariah McPherson commented that she is not able to view that show at <br />her home in Hillsborough although she is a Time Warner subscriber. Mr. Passmore offered to <br />contact Assistant County Manager Gwen Harvey to investigate the possibility of broadcasting <br />public channels to all cable subscribers at no charge. Alice Gordon asked who would be hosting <br />In Praise Of Age in the future. Mr. Passmore responded that several persons will continue to <br />rotate the host responsibilities. Edith Wiggins has decided against serving as a host as reported <br />previously. Mary Ann Peter suggested placing a copy of Florence Soltys’ book on remembrance <br />at both senior centers. <br /> <br />A motion to approve the minutes of the October 10 meeting was made by Mary Ann Peter and <br />seconded by Jerry Kruter. The recommendation was made to edit the minutes to read that “Jack <br />Chestnut reported that he had approached…Edith Wiggins about hosting In Praise Of Age and <br />she had agreed”. With that correction the minutes were approved. <br /> <br />Chairman Chestnut distributed a hand-out he obtained at the IFC annual meeting that outlined its <br />action plan for securing a new location for the men’s shelter and community kitchen. <br />Commissioner Gordon summarized her involvement in a planning committee that had met until <br />December, 2006. In the discussion she also stated that the Board of County Commissioners has <br />established a standard of utilizing owned and consolidated space for conducting County business. <br />The Chair added that he had been contacted by several local developers soliciting support for <br />proposed housing developments in the Hillsborough area. It was suggested that this issue be a <br />topic of discussion for a future Board meeting. <br /> <br />Jack Chestnut reported for the Friends of the Seymour Center that attendance is increasing and <br />parking is sometimes a challenge. This participation has not had any negative impact on the <br />attendance at the Central Orange Senior Center. Jerry Passmore added that an average of 80 <br />people are taking part in the daily lunch program, split evenly between the hot meal and the <br />soup/salad bar option that was recently started with the support of the Friends. Discussion <br />followed on the public transportation options for the Seymour Center participants and OPT’s <br />proposal to operate a cross-town shuttle between senior points of interest (University Mall, Glen